Method of counting hosiery



Feb. 19, 1924. 1,484,097

M. L. VICTORIUS METHOD OF COUNTING HOSIERY Filed June, 28 1922 F/GJ.

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MYER L. VICTORIUS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF COUNTING HOSIERY.

Application filed June 28, 1922. Serial No. 571,563.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, MYER L. VICTORIUS, a citizen of the United'States,residing at New York city, county of New York, and State I of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Methods of CountingHosiery, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to a method of handling hosiery to facilitate thecounting thereof and avoid mistakes in the count- Tn mills of which Ihave personal knowledge the'knitters usually bundle the stockings asthey are cast off from the knitting machines, and these bundles are thenpassed to the loopers.

These bundles usually contain twentyfour stockings or a dozen pairs ofstockings. The operators frequentl make miscounts and frequently pass tot e loopers bundles containing more or less than the stipulated 26number of stockings.

As most of the work is done under the piece work system, such mistakescause considerable annoyance to the loopers and other operators throughwhose hands the stockings pass in the process of manufacture after theknitters pass them along, as well as to the clerks who have charge ofthe work records.

The above annoyances are very aggravating, but not nearly so aggravatingas when mistakes are made in the count of special orders, such as smallorders of special design, size and yarn. When such mistakes are made, itnecessitates the setting up of the different machines to make a fewstockings to complete the order if the count is short, or if too manystockings have been made, such stockings are frequently left on thehands of the manufacturers.

The knitters who usually count and bundle the stockings have a number ofmachines under their supervision and are required to watch the work doneby the machines, keep the machines supplied with yarn, start themachines after a completed stocking has been cast off, and ick up thestockings cast off. It will, there ore, be seen that the knitters mustbe on the alert at all times to keep the machines in operation and thattheir eyes must be on the move from machine to machine even under normalconditions, and are therefore very liable to make miscounts whenbundling.

The object of my invention is to provide a method and means for countingthe stockings for making up a bundle, whereby the human element as faras the counting is concerned is entirely eliminated, and thereby insureproper counting. I

I accomplish this by placing a rack accessible to each knitter, havinga. plurality of pegs thereon, the number thereof being dependent uponthe number of stockings desired in the bundles. I preferably pro videthese racks with pegs on which the stockings may be hung by passing thelooping openings over the pegs and so arrange the pegs that all of thestockings for making up a bundle can be. tied together while sosupported and simultaneously removed, or simultaneously removed and thentied.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by referenceto the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it beingpremised, however, that changes may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of one form of apparatusillustrating my invention.

Fig. 2 is a face view'of a portion of the rack shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the rack shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a bundle of stockings.

My preferred form of rack as illustrated in the drawings comprises abase 6 havin an upper row of pegs c and av lower row d the pegs in onerow being in staggered relation to those in the other row, so that thestockings for making up a bundle will be relatively close to each otherwhen hung from the rack, but sufficiently spaced to clearly indicate ifone of the pegs has not been supplied with a stocking.

The pegs in the form shown are preferably made of wood and are insertedinto openings in the base 6 at about an angle of forty-five degrees tothe surfaces of the base, and when so positioned the base is sosupported that its front will be in a vertical plane.

As the stockings are cast oil the knitting machines, the operator picksthem up and hangs one stocking on a peg by passing the toe opening 0 ofthe stocking over a peg, and when the pegs have been filled, thestockings are formed into a bundle and tied about the middle of thestockings.

The stockings may be tied into a bundle such as shown in Fig. 4 while onthe pegs, and then all withdrawn, or the stockings may be grasped by theknitter. withdrawn from the pegs and then tied into a bundle.

he rack shown is provided with twentyi'four pegs to form bundles of adozen pairs of stockings.

I have found that by spacing the pegs one and one-half inches apart inthe rows, and spacing the rows two and one-fourth inches apart, thestockings will be close enough to be bundled while on the pegs and stillstifliiently spaced to note at a glance whether any of the pegs areempty.

I preferably use pegs made or hard wood which can readily be made smoothand which will retain their smoothness in use, although the pegs orhooks may be made in other shapes and from other material.

The base may also be made of a different shape and of different materialand may be supported in any desired manner.

The advantages of my invention result from the provision of a method andapparatus for bundling hosiery, whereby the stockings are properlypositioned for bundling as ell as insuring the proper number oistockings for each bundle without any mental eilort on the part of theoperator. Further, by the use of my invention, asaving' in time andlabor is effected which results in increased production, giving greaterearning power to operatives and eliminating fatigue to a considerableextent.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. The method of counting stockings comprising the steps of hangingstockings in a prearranged order and when such order has been completedbundling the stockings, and thereby insuring bundles having theprearranged number of stockings without counting.

2. The method of counting and bundling stockings comprising the steps ofhanging the stockings by their unloopcd toes in a prearranged order asthey are cast off from a knitting machine, tying the stockings while sohung, and then removing the stockings from their supports.

3. The method of counting stockings by indirect or automatic computationcompris' ing ar'anging the stockings one at atime after they are castof? from the machine in a predetermined order within a predeterminedspace until said order is completed and said space fully occupied, andthen removing all the stockings from such space while maintaining themassociated, thereby dispensing with the necessity of computing thenumber of stockings per bundle while insuring against mistakes involvedin erroneous computation.

4. The method of bundling stockings with a prearranged number ofstockings in the bundles, comprising the steps of successively arrangingthe stockings in a prearranged order over a given space, whilemaintaining the stockings separated from each other at a portion alongtheir length, and when said space has been filled with stockings formingthe stockings into a bundle.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand. at NewYork, N. Y., on this 23rd day of June, 1922.

MYER- L. VICTORIUS.

